1. tongue / language (Aramaic) — An Aramaic noun meaning 'tongue' in the sense of a spoken language or linguistic group, used in Daniel and Ezra to enumerate peoples and nations. The two clusters differ only in grammatical number — plural 'and languages' (eng: and languages, spa: y lenguas, hin: और भाषाओं, arb: وَالأَلْسِنَةِ, kor: 그리고 언어들이, swa: na lugha) versus singular 'and language' (eng: and language, spa: y lengua, hin: और भाषा, arb: وَلِسَانٍ). Both denote the same concept of a spoken tongue. 7×
AR["وَ-الأَلْسِنَةُ","وَ-الأَلْسِنَةِ","وَ-الْأَلْسِنَةِ","وَ-لِسَانٍ"]·ben["এবং-ভাষা","এবং-ভাষাদের","এবং-ভাষারা"]·DE["und-Sprache","und-Sprachen"]·EN["and-language","and-languages"]·FR["et-langue"]·heb["ו-לשון","ו-לשונות"]·HI["और-भाषा","और-भाषाएँ","और-भाषाएं","और-भाषाओं"]·ID["dan-bahasa","dan-bahasa-bahasa"]·IT["e-lingua","e-lingue"]·jav["lan-basa","lan-basa-basa","lan-para-basa"]·KO["과-언어들-에게","그리고-언어가","그리고-언어들-에게","그리고-언어들-이","그리고-언어들아","그리고-언어들이"]·PT["e-as-línguas","e-língua","e-línguas"]·RU["и-язык","и-языкам","и-языки"]·ES["y-las-lenguas","y-lengua","y-lenguas"]·SW["na-lugha"]·TR["ve-dil","ve-diller","ve-dillere"]·urd["اور-زبان","اور-زبانوں","اور-زبانوں-نے","اور-زبانوں-کو","اور-زبانیں"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† לִשָּׁן n.m. Dn 3:7 tongue (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH לָשׁוֹן, √ לשׁן);—tongue = language, fig. for people: abs. עַם אֻמָּה וְל׳ Dn 3:29; pl. emph. ע׳ א׳ וְלִשָּׁנַיָּא v 4, 7, 31; 5:19; 6:26; 7:14 (cf. BH לָשׁוֹן 2, Is 66:18).